Shopping Spots in Karatsu / Yobuko / Genkai Area

  • Yobuko Morning Market
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    3.5
    239 Reviews
    Shopping
    Yobuko cho Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture
    One of Japan’s three largest morning markets, Yobuko operates 364 days a year (only closing on New Year’s Day). Open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., on weekdays some 40 stands operate and 60 on weekends and holidays. The market is particularly famous for its squid ikizukuri sashimi, made with a variety of squid throughout the year. In addition to the squid, visitors are encouraged to try the mackerel ikizukuri, which is fast becoming a new specialty for the market. Take the Showa Bus bound for Yobuko at Oteguchi Bus Center in front of JR Karatsu Station and get off at the Yobuko stop; the market is just a three-minute walk from there. 30 minutes by car.

    We arrived at this morning market around 11:00 and it was in the stages of closing. Had a great time wandering among the stalls. You can try sea urchins, and other tasty sea food. I had sweet honey...

  • Karatsu City Furusato Kaikan Arpino
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    3.5
    38 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Shinkoumachi 2881-1
    A local specialty products hall located close to Karatsu Station in Shinko-machi, Karatsu City. Here visitors can purchase famous Karatsu sweets like Shoro Manju buns; nori seaweed and other marine products from the Ariake Sea; Karatsu tea; processed agricultural products like yuzu pepper made with Kyuragi's specialty yuzu fruit; and other local specialty products and crafts. On the second floor, visitors will find a Karatsu ware display space and shop which also has a corner where you can try painting your own Karatsu ware piece.

    1階は物産、2階は唐津焼を販売していました。 唐津焼は少々品ぞろえが少ないと感じましたが、物産は面白かったです。 駐車場は有料ですが、買い物でサービスチケットをもらえます。

  • Karatsu Umakamon Ichiba
    Shopping
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Kuri 1961-2
    A farmers market situated along Prefectural Route 40 in Kuri, Karatsu City. Here visitors can purchase fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products from Karatsu City and Genkai Town; Saga beef and other meats and seafood; and prepared and processed foods. The adjoining restaurant offers a lunch all-you-can-eat buffet; noodles, curry, and other light meals; Japanese style yakiniku barbecue, and other dishes crafted with a focus on local production for local consumption.
  • Yobuko Daiba Minato Plaza
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Yobukochouyobuko 1740-11
    A market situated along National Route 382 in Yobuko, Yobuko-cho, Karatsu City. In the Tairyou Senka farmers market, visitors can buy fresh seafood, meats, produce, and local specialty products. Visitors can grill and eat the seafood they bought in a provided barbecue corner which also offers a buffet of sushi made with fresh seafood plus tempura made with fresh squid caught that very day. Additional facilities include the Yobuko Daiba no Yu bathhouse where visitors can enjoy a bath along with a sweeping view of Yobuko Bay, and a marine food processing plant.
  • Kiya Asaichi-dori Fisherman's Fish Market
    Shopping
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Yobukochouyobuko 3764-31
    A fish market situated along the Yobuko Morning Market Street in Yobuko Yobuko-cho, Karatsu City. The market sells local, fresh seafood and process seafood products like dried fish. Visitors can also purchase sashimi and sushi and eat their purchases in the provided space on the second floor.
  • Yoyokaku Gallery
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Higashikaratsu 2-4-40
    A pottery gallery located inside the Yoyokaku ryokan inn in 2-Chome Higashi karatsu, Karatsu City. Pieces crafted by the Ryutagama pottery studio in Mirukashi, Karatsu City are displayed in the gallery. The gallery has three exhibition rooms, and, in addition to works by studio head Takashi Nakazato and his eldest son Taki, the gallery also displays pieces from Nakazato's second daughter Hanako Nakazato's studio monohanako.
  • Manbo (Morning Market Street Shop)
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Shopping
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Yobukochouyobuko 4185-11
    A shop located in Yobuko, Yobuko-cho, Karatsu City which sells squid shumai steamed dumplings, a Yobuko specialty. In addition to light and airy squid shumai made with the tender upper body of the squid, the shop also sells squid manju steamed buns, squid tentacle tempura, and more. The shop's main location in Tononoura Yobuko-cho is famous for having invented squid shumai.

    呼子の港で朝市があった!朝からたくさんの人がいるが、せっかく呼びまで来たのだから港から下ろしたてのイカを食べられて満足!

  • TAIRYOU SENKA
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
    Shopping
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Yobukochouyobuko 1740-11
    A wholesaler for JF Saga Genkai Fisherman’s Association in “Yobuko Daiba Minato Plaza”, they have a full selection of fresh squid, sea urchin, turban shell, abalone, mackerel, sea bream and other seafood, as well as packed meat, fruits, and regional goods. There is a restaurant, a barbeque corner for cooking the seafood just purchased at the wholesaler, and an adjacent bathing facility Yobuko Daiba no Yu where you get a full view of Yobuko Ohashi Bridge and Yobuko Bay.

    「河太郎」のお隣にある漁協の直売所です。土産屋でもあるかなと安くて新鮮なものが食べられるのではないかと思って入ってみました。握り寿司、イカの活造り、海鮮バーベキュー(炭代は必要)が楽しめます。イカの活造りはサイズは小さいですが、安くて新鮮です。イカの調理は目の前でやってくれるので、その手さばきを見るだけでも価値があります。イートインスペースで席を見つけると、卓上にある醤油とワサビを付けていただきま...

  • Amanatsu Kachan
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Shopping
    Saga Karatsu-shi Yobukocho Kabeshima 3748
    A specialty product of Yobuko, Kyushu, which has won a prize in an environmentally friendly agriculture promotion contest, amanatsu jelly is made from healthy amanatsu (sweet summer orange) harvested from the best soil with the power to purify bacteria by using fermented organic fertilizers and useful microbial group enzymes. It is also popular as an ordered sweet.

    こじんまりとしたお店で、試食の甘夏ゼリーなど丁寧にお皿に入れて出してくださり嬉しかったです。 味は、さっぱりしていて甘夏の素材を活かした味で、どこか懐かしい優しい味でまた食べたいと思わされる味でした。 店員さんも優しい雰囲気で良かったです!

  • Kumauni Hompo Y.K.
    Shopping
    Saga Karatsu-shi Yobukocho Yobuko 3764
    The store sells fresh sea urchin from the rough seashore around Yobuko, bottled sea urchin, and processed fresh seafood products (dried squid, mirin dried squid, squid dumplings, etc.) as tourist souvenirs, as well as camellia oil made from ingredients collected in Yobuko and the surrounding islands, which is pure and not mixed with anything else.
  • Kashiho Ikedaya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saga Karatsu-shi Nakamachi 1835-2
    "The confectionery is famous for its ""Hikiyama Gum,"" a 1/117 scale of the actual floats of Karatsu Kunchi, an annual autumn festival held at Karatsu Shrine from November 2 to 4."
  • Ito Keran Honke
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    4.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saga Karatsu-shi Hamatamamachi Hamasaki 943
    "This confectionery produces and sells ""Keiran,"" a confectionery offered by local residents when Toyotomi Hideyoshi the Great prayed for victory at Suwa Shrine in Hamasaki during his campaign against the Japanese invasion of Korea. Currently, the sweets can be stored in the refrigerator for up to six months by flash freezing."

    唐津では超有名な和菓子、洋菓子は当樹庵の名前で販売してます! 浜崎駅からも近くて、諏訪神社の前に有ります!

  • Ohara Shoro Manju Main shop
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saga Karatsu-shi Honmachi 1513-17
    A historic Japanese sweet shop founded in 1850. Round Shoro Manju buns are Karatsu's signature sweet. Carefully baked one by one on copper plates, you'll love the hand-made flavor that has not changed since the shop's founding. We also recommend their Matsura with a mixture of white azuki and tebo beans, as well as their Shoroji; it's made by blending white azuki beans with carefully selected koshian bean paste and letting the mixture solidify in a mold.

    旧唐津銀行のすぐ近くにあります。松露饅頭も売っていますが、洋風のチーズケーキやプリンもありました。店内に座るスペースがあるのでそこで食べました。お茶は出ないので持参のペットボトルのお茶。

  • Ekimachi 1Chome Karatsu
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    3.0
    22 Reviews
    Shopping
    Saga Karatsu-shi Shinkomachi 2935-1

    お土産屋かテイクアウトのお店ばかり、日中は座って電車を待てるようなお店は有りません。シャッターが閉まっているエリアも有ります。寂しい感じですね。

  • AEON Karatsu
    Shopping
    Saga Karatsu-shi Kagami Tategami 4671
  • Marine Center O Sakana Mura
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
    Shopping
    Saga Karatsu-shi Hamatamamachi Hamasaki 1922

    とにかくお土産が何でもある。店の名前の通り、鮮魚が充実しています。トイレもあるし、広いし、何でも買えるので、大量買いにおすすめの休憩所です。

  • Sayo Hime Chaya
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saga Karatsu-shi Kagami 6048-1

    12月の雪交じりの雨だったのでお店は閉まっていました。猫の古い看板がなかなかのものです。残念ながら店の外観だけでした。

  • Yori Michinoeki Enya
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Chinzeimachiwano 365

    唐津市街から呼子への途中に’あります。以前から道すがらあるのは知っていましたが、中にはいったのは初めてです。物産販売がメインで、野菜や果物は豊富です。海鮮ものもあり唐津らしくくじら肉がありました。呼子に車で行った帰りに立ち寄れそうです。 野菜を買っているのが地元の人が多いような様子でした。駐車場は隣のコンビニとの境界がないような状態でした。

  • Kyomachi Shopping street (Kyomachi Arcade)
    Shopping
    Saga Karatsu-shi Kyomachi
  • Chateraise Karatsu Main Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Saga Karatsu-shi Daimyo Koji 24-1

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Away from the fast-paced cities of mainland Japan, Kyushu’s Saga prefecture offers quaint towns and cities known for their traditional crafts, particularly ceramics. Rich in kaolin (a type of clay), Saga became the homeland of Arita ware, a delicate, decorative porcelain that is now celebrated worldwide and can be discovered in the towns of Arita, Imari, and Karatsu.

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